Your face as familiar as my own

stares

across the table full of anger
& certainty

certain that you know

everything

certain that I can’t possibly

understand

my smile infuriates you

affirms, for you, my ignorance

but I do understand

in fact

both your certainty

&

your miscalculation

I remember

this righteous rage

This indestructible invincibility

of

Being 18…19…21…

I am not indifferent

I smile solidarity